Design

Synopsys, Inc, a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that the Common Platform technology alliance, a unique technology collaboration between IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Electronics, has qualified IC Validator for 32-nanometer (nm) process design rule checking on Common Platform technology. Synopsys and the Common Platform companies are continuing wi...

Aonix, the provider of the PERC product line for embedded and real-time Java developers, announced Java virtual machine support for the low-cost BeagleBoard with its flagship product PERC Ultra. More developers and projects will be able to quickly and more cost efficiently launch development that takes advantage of PERC’s new graphics support via the ARM-based BeagleBoard. The BeagleBoard is distributed by Digi-Key Corporation and available thr...

IC Nexus has announced the NXC2620 Embedded DVK4.0, a Development Kit with a 4.3 inch TFT color LCD module at 480x272 resolutions and 4-wire resistive touch screen. The Emb_DVK40 is a compact-sized computer board with a rich set of features. Its hardware comprises a NXC2620 CPU Card, a baseboard, a USB1.1 hub card and a TFT color LCD display. 5.7-inch (640x480) and 7-inch (800x480) optional LCD sizes are also available.

Agilent Technologies has announced that Germany-based Sennheiser has successfully used Agilent's Genesys RF and microwave design software and Momentum GX electromagnetic (EM) simulator to develop a series of third-generation, wireless multichannel audio receivers for on-stage professional vocal and musical performance.

Atmel Corporation has announced a version 3.0 of the royalty-free Atmel QTouch software library with up to 64 channels of touch support for all Atmel AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) and select 32-bit AVR32 UC3. The increased channel support, and wider range of supported microcontrollers, provide designers with several library files for each device to enable a more flexible and efficient design. By selecting the appropriate library file, designers can...

6WIND, a leading provider of embedded software solutions that simplify networking and application development upon multicore processor based equipment, today announced its 6WINDPath solution to deal with IP-based application networking performance bottlenecks inherent in existing architectures. 6WINDPath enables the simplest and fastest path to move IP-based applications from legacy telecommunications and enterprise architectures to higher networ...

SynaptiCAD announces the release of Gates-on-the-Fly (GOF), a Verilog netlist editor and incremental schematic viewer. GOF can edit very large netlists from a synthesis or layout tool that need changes to either meet timing closure specifications, fix functional logic bugs, or to repartition a design.

SynaptiCAD is proud to announce version 14 of their timing diagram editors: WaveFormer Pro, Timing Diagrammer Pro, and Data Sheet Pro. Dozens of new features have been added including support for Xilinx post-route timing files, sampled analog signals, and memory optimizations to handle waveform files with over 1 million signals. SynaptiCAD has also made improvements to its free waveform viewer.

Lanner Electronics, Inc. today announced the release of the VW-1104, a compact mobile DVR platform built on the Intel Atom CPU and offering WiFi, 3G mobile and GPS communications along with four-channel H.264 video capture and compression.

As part of its continual enhancements to the OMAP35x evaluation module from Texas Instruments Incorporated, Mistral Solutions has successfully launched the Multimedia Daughter Card for the OMAP35x EVM.